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« Thread Started on Dec 12, 2008, 6:11am »

Over time I have gathered bits of info on G. Wayne Thomas, and it was all news to me! Thought I'd share some of it with you. There is lots more, I just have to get to gathering it all, but here is a start:

He issued his debut solo single on Warner Brothers, “Take it easy with me”/”You’re Not Alone” in November 1971.
When Wayne’s song “Take it Easy” was released in France, it went to No.1. An orchestral version was also recorded and released and it went to No.2. His song basically held both the No.1 and No.2 spots on the chart.

W.E.A. also signed Wayne on as a Producer, and one of his earliest pop productions was with the Band called Autumn, and the album he produced was their second album called “Comes Autumn” in 1971.
This album “Comes Autumn” was underrated at the time. Although this album was dismissed by some as ‘unremarkable’, it was in fact way ahead of its time, containing some outstanding material. An Aussie music archivist “Midoz Touch” has noted that “Autumn’s” second album is so strikingly different in style and sound from their first LP, that one could be forgiven for thinking they were recorded by two different groups. This excellent LP, which has never been re issued, IS one of the genuine lost treasures of early 70’s Australian Rock”. This LP is now quite rare and has become a sought-after collector’s item.

Exciting news that this album “Comes Autumn” is now going to be re released very soon!

Wayne was about the second person in Australia to have an independent record label “Warm & Genuine” in 1973. He produced Jon English’s debut album “Red Wine Dark Sea” and released this as the first album through his label. Wayne released his own delicate, romantic “G. Wayne Thomas” album also in 1973 and also through his label “Warm & Genuine”, as well as producing his third single ”Everything in You”/”Call My Name”. “Crystal Voyager” Soundtrack was released through his label in 1974 Wayne issued a final single on Warm & Genuine “Mercy for the Innocent”/”Junkyard” in 1975.
He moved to Polydor for “Just to Love You”/How can I tell you” in March 1976.

Wayne then returned to writing commercials. He teamed up with Peter Bailey and the duo signed up to Polydor and issued four singles, “The Last Laugh”/”It’s alright” in 1979, “Missing Persons”/Loving you” also in 1979. They released their album “Missing Persons” same year 1979, and a young Tommy Emanuel plays guitar on this album. Then in 1980 “I Don’t Want to Spoil Your Party”/”Half Way Home” and “Tobacco Road”/”They Loved Their Lives Away” in Sept 1980.

Kris Kristofferson had written a song “Got to have you”. Wayne really liked it and so recorded his own version of it. Unbeknownst to him at the time, Carly Simon was recording it herself and released it before he did. I honestly believe that had Wayne’s version been released first, it would have shot straight to the top of the charts. His voice is just incredible. You’ll find this song on one of his soon to be released CD’s of his songs compilations.

A Dutch band achieved success when they did a version of his song ‘Junkyard’ from the “Crystal Voyager” Soundtrack.

How he got the name “G. Wayne Thomas”. This is a question we have all asked at some stage. "What does the 'G' stand for?" He was born Graham Wayne Thomas, and went by the name of Wayne Thomas. During those early 70’s there was another musician called Wayne Thomas, a drummer. To avoid the growing confusion between the two musicians, Wayne put the “G” before his name thus becoming “G. Wayne Thomas”.
I personally still believe that the "G" stands for GENIUS.

Right here would be a good time to clear up a misunderstanding that a lot of people seem to have. Due to this name confusion between the two men, it was the other drummer Wayne Thomas that was in the band “Flake” in the early 70’s, and NOT our own G. Wayne Thomas.

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